TY - JOUR ID - 45583 TI - Intangibility of the invisible hand – Analysing the micro-dynamics of novice mentoring program based upon one institutional experience JO - Journal of Advances in Medical Education & Professionalism JA - JAMP LA - en SN - 2322-2220 AU - KUMAR. V, DINESH AU - BASHEER, ANEESH AD - Department of Anatomy, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India AD - Department of Medicine, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 7 IS - 4 SP - 220 EP - 223 KW - Mentoring KW - Medical school KW - Medical Students DO - 10.30476/jamp.2019.81615.1025 N2 - Although mentoring has been regarded as an essential component in the developmental phase of medical students, it is the nature of hierarchical relationship and the quality of emotional exchangewhich determine its sustainability. With great enthusiasm, we had launched our mentoring program for the new entrants of our medical school. After an initial faculty development workshop on mentoring, we framed our guidelines for implementing the program. To measure the relationship satisfaction on both sides and self-efficacy, we used relationship satisfaction scales. As the winds offered us the beginner’s fortune, our program went on well for the first six months. Slowly, the colour of the mentorship program began to fade. Students began to find excuses for not meeting their mentors and the sessions truncated into a “hay- how do you do – bye” meetings. Through this commentary, we would like to introspect the factors which would have dampened the interest. Wouldit be the asynchronous agency support or lack of motivation /self-efficacy or roadblocks in Communication Bridge or lack of adequate matching or lack of need? The outcomes of ourintrospection would be of help for others who run the mentorship programs or who wish to install in their own institutes. UR - https://jamp.sums.ac.ir/article_45583.html L1 - https://jamp.sums.ac.ir/article_45583_9d03058e4cc60677326aeae062ce7aae.pdf ER -